Former President Song Gwang-su to Candidate Park Beom-gye: "Dialogue Needed Between Ministry of Justice and Supreme Prosecutors' Office"

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Park Beom-gye, the nominee for Minister of Justice, met with Song Gwang-su, the first Prosecutor General of the Participatory Government, to have a time of "listening to legal opinions." Former Prosecutor General Song urged Park, saying, "Dialogue between the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Prosecutors' Office is necessary."

According to Park's confirmation hearing preparation team on the 21st, Park shared opinions with former Prosecutor General Song and various young lawyers with extensive experience in human rights protection and judicial system reform from the 15th to the 20th.

Former Prosecutor General Song emphasized to Park, "We must avoid a culture where only prosecutors associate with each other and strive to coexist with diverse members of society." In particular, Song mentioned an anecdote about apologizing for the rudeness of junior prosecutors during a 'Dialogue with Prosecutors' session with former President Roh Moo-hyun. At that time, Park attended the 'Dialogue with Prosecutors' session as the Deputy Secretary for Civil Affairs 2.

Park also met with the head of the Judicial Center of the Lawyers for a Democratic Society, lawyers selected as outstanding by the Korean Bar Association, and public defenders. According to the preparation team, these lawyers proposed the activation of the criminal public defender system, transparency in investigation procedures, prosecution reform centered on systems, and control towers related to school violence and child abuse.

The criminal public defender system is a system where the state provides defense services from the investigation stage to suspects without economic means. It aims to expand the public defender system, which provides defense services during the trial process, to the investigation stage.

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